About CSI

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• Paul Kurtz
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A video introduction to CSICOP from chairman Paul Kurtz (57 sec, 315k RealVideo)

The Committee for Skeptical Inquiry encourages the critical investigation of paranormal and fringe-science claims from a responsible, scientific point of view and disseminates factual information about the results of such inquiries to the scientific community and the public. It also promotes science and scientific inquiry, critical thinking, science education, and the use of reason in examining important issues. To carry out these objectives the Committee:

1. Maintains a network of people interested in critically examining paranormal, fringe science, and other claims, and in contributing to consumer education

2. Prepares bibliographies of published materials that carefully examine such claims

3. Encourages research by objective and impartial inquiry in areas where it is needed

4. Convenes conferences and meetings

5. Publishes articles that examine claims of the paranormal

6. Does not reject claims on a priori grounds, antecedent to inquiry, but examines them objectively and carefully

The Committee is a nonprofit scientific and educational organization, started in 1976. The Skeptical Inquirer is its official journal.

Some of the founding members of CSI include scientists, academics, and science writers such as Carl Sagan, Isaac Asimov, Philip Klass, Paul Kurtz, Ray Hyman, James Randi, Martin Gardner, Sidney Hook, and others. A list of CSI fellows is published in every issue of Skeptical Inquirer magazine.

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